Improvement in washing-machines



c. s. CLARK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

No. 186,801. Patented Jan. 30, 1877.

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NIIED STATES PATENT FFE.

IMPROVEMENT INWASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l6,80l, dated January30, 1877 application filed August 4, 1876. i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. CLARK, a resident of the city of NewOrleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Machine for Cleaning Fibers and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to an improved fibercleaning machine. Itpossesses advantages over the ordinary gin in this That it prevents theexcessive loss of short fibers, while at the same time it produces amuch cleaner, and, consequently, a more merchantable, article.

The construction of my invention, as Well as the operation thereof, willbe better understood by referring to the accompanying drawing. whereonFigure 1 is a perspective view of the machine; and Fig. 2 a longitudinalsection through the line 00 .90 thereof.

A is a tank, which, in the operation of the invention, is partiallyfilled with water. corners are rounded, as shown at b, and it isprovided, throughout its whole length, with a false bottom, 0, having alimited portion of each end perforated, as at d, to permit of the water,dirt, &c., to pass through to the lower section of the vessel, thebottom L of which is made sloping, and provided at its lowest ex;treniity with an outlet, 0, through which the water and dirt may at anytime be withdrawn. E is a short partition, which is erected on the plainor solid portion of the false bottom U, on a line midway between thesides thereof. The top of this partition is on a level with the top ofthe vessel, to the sides of which it is secured by cross pieces orbraces f f. Across the tank A, with bearings in the sides Its andpartition thereof, are operated shafts G and H, which revolve inopposite directions, each provided with curved arms or beaters i t", theouter extremities of which nearly touch the false bottom 0 as they arebeing revolved. The projecting ends of the shafts G and H are. providedwith pulleys I I; or, should it be preferred, cranks may be substitutedin lieu of the same. Kisahinged cover, which is applied over the beatersto confine Within the vessel the water and material which.

ated upon to be moved around the vessel, so

that it is alternately acted upon by the two sets of beaters, to each ofwhich new surfaces are repeatedly presented.

Havingdescribed my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a fiber-cleaning machine, the curved beaterst' '5, arranged uponshafts to revolve in opposite directions, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the tank A, provided with rounded corners b,sloping bottom L, false bottom 0, and partition E, the shafts G and H,provided with curved heaters i, substantially as described, and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name.

OHS. S. CLARK. In presence of J. O. HUBIBELL, H. N. JENKINS.

